Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-27
A Superintendent Accusedof Drunk,
'-ta' enness and Suspended.
(From Our Regular CorrerpOndent.)

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to IL, what is known as the Green bill, to
prevent Sabbath dissertation, of which the
following is a full text:
SECTION 7032a. "Whoever, being the own
er, lessee or person in charge of any building,
room, ground, yard, garden Or other place
in this State, and shall upon the first day of
the week, commonly called Sunday, permit
in any such building theatrical, gymnastic or
dramatic performance of any kind or descrip-
ton, or any public musical entertainment or
concert, in any theatre, garden, or in any
other building or apartment, any part of
which is used during the week as place for
the sale of wine, beer, whisky, or other
spirituous or malt liquors, or any public
dancing or panoramic exhibitions, or any
equestrian or circus performance of jugglers,
acrobats, rope dancing, sparring exhibitions,
variety shows, negro minstrelsy, living
statuary, ,ballooning, or any base ball playing,
or any tenpins, or other games of similar
kind or kinds, or participates in keeping any
low or disreputable house of resort, or shall
sell, dispose of, or give away, any ale, beer,
porter, or splrituous liquors, in any building
appendant or adjacent there to, where any
show, performance, or exhibition is given, or
house or place is kept, he or she shall, on COM
plaint made within twenty days thereafter,
be fined in any sum, not exceeding one hun
dred dollars, or be confined in the county
Jail not exceeding six months or BOTH"
The above is an amendment of section
7032a, of a law passed April 9th, 1881.
The bill was laid over by the Republicans
from the last session to this, for fear of the
political effects it might have on the election
held last November, and when brought up at
this session, there seemed to be great unanim-
ity in that party in having it passed, only
three Republicans voting against it. About
as soon as it passed, the Republican mem
bers, or nearly all, with grip sack in hand,
started for the depot to go to their homes,
meet their dear constituents, and tell the
"moral' portion of them, with great gusto,
how they had voted for bill to have 'bet-
ter observance of the Sabbath"
Four o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, came
round, the hour to which the House had ad-
journed. The Republican members from
the country came in slowly and singly, with
cheerful looking countenances, as if they
felt happy over what they had done for "the
better observance of the Sabbath on the
previous Thursday, and how they had CON-
municated to their "moral" constituents
what great thing they had done. Soon the
Hamilton and Cuyahoga delegations came in
in body, with dark frown on their counte-
nances. They had been to their homes in
Cincinnati and Cleveland. Their greeting
while there, was evidently not pleasant
judging from the looks of their countenances
They had been met by the liquor men, and
asked if by passing the Green bill, and de.
G stroying their business, was the way they
were going to reward them for having voted
and used their influence for the success ot
, the Republican ticket in Cincinnati last
November. If that was the way a Republi
= can Legislature was going to treat them
after what they had done for that party a
the last election, that hereafter, or at least a
the next election, they would vote some 9th
er ticket.
uo ucIcRdllOup lEOul bllto6 ClblcS EOGuIhVN
to Columbus sooner than was their usua
want. AS soon as they returned they went t.
C work with their brother Republican Repre-
sentatives with a vim, and in tone whicl
indicated that thunder was not very far dis
. tant. Their argument was this: "Do yo1
' want the Republicans to carry Hamilton an'
- Cuyahoga counties next November? An
you know we cannot carry either of thos
= counties next November without the aid o
- all or nearly all of the liquor vote, and yo
know Ohio will not go Republican unles
those two counties go that way. If you wan
Ohio and those counties to go Republica
next fall, you will have to vote to reconside
= Green's BILL" The remark was made tha
the author of the bill was absent, but the re
SC ply to that was: "If we want Ohio and thos
counties to go Republican next Novembe
d. you will have to vote to reconsider Green
bill the first thing we do" The motion we
made to reconsider the bill, and there wa
80 to reconsider to 90 against. A point {
~ order was made that it took IS votes to n
consider bill which had passed the Hous,
~ but the speaker decided that the point We
not well tax en-, as it only took majority {
> the quorum present to reconsider a bill
" When the bill was reconsidered the glool
left the Hamilton and Cuyahoga membel
and settled down on the Republican me n
:, bers from the country, who had been hom
and con graduated their "morap' constit,
+, ents on what a great moral measure the r.
publican House had passed. Mr.. Green, Il
= author of the bill, since his return, says thi
!. he will force every member of the House I
go on record, as either being in favor of (
s. opposed to his bill. The morals of the RI
;. publican party is like the action of their rel
resentatives on this bill---loud and gushy
t. first, but afterwards ends in fzzle, an
when looked for, not able to be found. Th
4 bill is now in the hands of the committee O
ct prisons and prison reform, Of which M
4. Green is chairman. A committee of Il
= League for Liberty and Right are to mah
speeches before the committee against th
i. bill, and committee from the Law an
!, Order committee are to make speeches in II
vor Of ID.
L. NOTES. "2''4 ~
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